Mar. 6—BOONEVILLE — A recent Prentiss County Grand Jury handed down indictments charging five women — four mothers and a grandmother — with felony child neglect or endangerment.

The Prentiss County Sheriff’s Office served the arrest warrants over a four-day period late last week.

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